Air China Further Reduces NW25 Japan Service to Over 40% From mid-Dec 2025

Published at 0000PST / 0900GMT 11DEC25 

Star Alliance member Air China since last week gradually updated its service to Japan for the remainder of Northern winter 2025/26 season, which sees additional service reductions gradually commencing 14-15DEC25.

Latest service reductions now sees the airline reducing from 184 weekly flights from China to Japan on 18 routes to 104 weekly on 11 routes, representing 43.5% flight cuts, based on the week of 04-10JAN26 (comparison 16NOV25 vs 11DEC25).

This update also includes Shandong Airlines and Shenzhen Airlines changes.

Air China (CA)
Beijing Capital – Nagoya eff 15DEC25 1 daily 737-800 service cancelled
Beijing Capital – Okinawa eff 14DEC25 2 weekly 737-800 service cancelled
Beijing Capital – Osaka Kansai
eff 15DEC25 Reduce from 3 to 2 daily
13JAN26 – 29JAN26 CA927/928 A321 replaces A330-300

Beijing Capital – Sapporo New Chitose eff 24DEC25 Reduce from 4 to 3 weekly, 737-800. Planned A330-300 service on various dates in Dec 2025/Jan 2026 has been replaced by 737-800
Beijing Capital – Tokyo Haneda 13JAN26 – 30JAN26 CA181/182 A321 replaces A330-300 (Overall remains 5 daily)
Beijing Capital – Tokyo Narita eff 15DEC25 Reduce from 2 to 1 daily, A321
Chengdu Tianfu – Tokyo Narita eff 22DEC25 Reduce from 7 to 4 weekly, A320neo
Chongqing – Tokyo Narita eff 01DEC25 Reduce from 7 to 4 weekly, 737-800
Dalian – Fukuoka eff 22DEC25 Reduce from 7 to 3 weekly, 737-800
Dalian – Hiroshima eff 14DEC25 2 weekly 737-800 service cancelled
Dalian – Tokyo Narita eff 22DEC25 4 weekly 737-800 service cancelled
Hangzhou – Osaka Kansai eff 14DEC25 Reduce from 7 to 5 weekly, A320 replaces A321
Hangzhou – Tokyo Narita eff 27DEC25 A321 service maintained, replacing A330-300. 4 weekly (A321 replaced A330 since 01DEC25, except 26DEC25)
Shanghai Pu Dong – Fukuoka eff 24DEC25 6 weekly A321 service cancelled
Shanghai Pu Dong – Nagoya eff 15DEC25 3 weekly A320 service cancelled
Shanghai Pu Dong – Osaka Kansai Reduce from initially filed 21 weekly to following
30NOV25 – 06DEC25 16 weekly
07DEC25 – 22DEC25 14 weekly
eff 23DEC25 11 weekly

Shanghai Pu Dong – Sendai eff 14DEC25 2 weekly A320 service cancelled
Shanghai Pu Dong – Tokyo Narita eff 22DEC25 Reduce from 4 to 2 daily, A321

Shandong Airlines (SC)
since early-December 2025 the gradually reduced service to Japan, although not fully reflected in schedule listing.
Jinan – Osaka Kansai eff 22DEC25 Reduce from 2 to 1 daily, 737-800
Qingdao – Osaka Kansai eff 22DEC25 Reduce from 3 to 2 daily, 737-800

Shenzhen Airlines (ZH)
Shenzhen Airlines has reduced service from 57 weekly (one-way from China to Japan) on 7 routes to 21 weekly on 3 routes.

Nanjing – Osaka Kansai eff 30NOV25 6-7 weekly 737 MAX 8 service cancelled
Nantong – Osaka Kansai eff 01DEC25 1 daily 737-800 service cancelled (including flights on/after 17DEC25, previously scheduled to reduce to 4 weekly)
Shenzhen – Osaka Kansai eff 08DEC25 Reduce from 14 to 10 weekly, 7 from 15DEC25 (2nd daily ZH663/664 remains scheduled on 28DEC25, 02JAN26, 04JAN26). 737 MAX 8 operating
Shenzhen – Sapporo New Chitose eff 19DEC25 3 weekly 737 MAX 8 service cancelled
Shenzhen – Tokyo Narita 1 daily 737 MAX 8 service unchanged
Wuxi – Osaka Kansai eff 11DEC25 Reduce from up to 2 daily to 1 daily, 737-800 (selected flights has been cancelled since 01DEC25)
Yuncheng – Nagoya eff 01DEC25 4 weekly A320 service cancelled